Sexual Exposures Associated With Mpox Infection: California, November 2022 to June 2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposures associated with mpox infection remain imperfectly understood.

Methods

We conducted a case-control study enrolling participants who received molecular tests for mpox/orthopoxvirus in California from November 2022 through June 2023. We collected data on behaviors during a 21-day risk period before symptom onset or testing among mpox case patients and test-negative controls.

Results

Thirteen of 54 case patients (24.1%) and 5 of 117 controls (4.3%) reported sexual exposure to individuals they identified as potential mpox case patients ("index contacts"; odds ratio [OR], 7.7 [95% confidence interval (CI), 2.5-19.3] relative to individuals who did not report exposure to potential mpox case patients). Among these participants, 10 of 13 case patients (76.

SUBMITTER: Snyder RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10965208 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature